Law in Popular Culture
This legal drama features a brilliant closer named Harvey Specter and a college dropout with a photographic memory.
What is Suits?
This is what you call a written law passed by a legislature.
What is a statute?
This amendment protects your right to say what you want (mostly).
What is the First Amendment?
This case established “separate but equal” and was later overturned.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This is the person who makes the final legal decision in most trials.
Who is the judge?
Elle Woods proves she’s more than just fashion in this movie about law school success.
What is Legally Blonde?
The person who brings a case to court in a civil lawsuit.
Who is the plaintiff?
The number of amendments in the U.S. Constitution.
What is 27?
This 1973 case legalized abortion nationwide (at the time).
What is Roe v. Wade?
This is the term for choosing a jury.
What is voir dire?
This Marvel superhero is also a defense attorney who turns green when she’s angry.
Who is She-Hulk?
This Latin phrase means “let the decision stand” and refers to courts following precedent.
What is stare decisis?
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This 1803 case gave the Supreme Court the power to strike down laws as unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The name of the room where court cases are held.
What is a courtroom?
This long-running show’s opening says, “In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups...”
What is Law & Order?
The three branches of U.S. government that create, enforce, and interpret laws.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
The Constitution was signed in this year.
What is 1787?
This 1966 case gave us the “You have the right to remain silent…” warning.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This term describes a court’s power to hear a case.
What is jurisdiction?
This satirical show featured a courtroom episode where a man sues a fast food chain for making him overweight.
What is South Park?
This is the burden of proof standard in a criminal case.
What is beyond a resonable doubt?
This clause in the Constitution says federal law beats state law when the two conflict.
What is the supremacy clause?
This case declared that students don’t lose their free speech rights at school.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?